Manually-actuated snow plow



Feb. 26, M ESU MANUALLY-ACTUATED SNOW PLOW Filed July 27, 1954 1N VE N TOR. inger a a d r52 ATTORNEYS United States Patent MANUALLY-ACTUATED SNOW PLOW Margaret Eslinger, Ashford, Conn.

Application July 27, 1954, Serial N 0. 446,027

1 Claim. (Cl. 37-53) This invention relates; to snow-removing devices particularly of the type operated by hand for cleaning a path on a sidewalk or for making a path from a house to a barn or around feed houses on a farm, and in particular, a V-shaped scoop or plow supported on runners whereby the lower edge of the plow is spaced above the ground and wherein the plow is provided with a handle, such as the handle of a lawn mower.

The purpose of this invention is to provide means for suspending a snow plow above the ground so that the friction resulting from the continuous lower edge of the plow scraping on the ground is eliminated.

With the conventional manually-actuated snow plow, the weight of the plow, particularly with snow adhering thereto and'packed therein, makes it difficult to force the plow forwardly, particularly with the entire lower edge of the plow resting upon the ground. With this thought in mind, this invention contemplates a snow plow in which the blade portion of the plow is suspended by skids whereby with the skids formed with arcuate lower surfaces the plow is suspended at two points and with two points only in engagement with the ground comparatively little force is required to move the plow forwardly through relatively heavy snow.

The object of this invention is, therefore, to provide means for suspending a manually-actuated snow plow whereby portions of the snow plow positioned to engage the snow in the forward movement of the plow are suspended above the ground with supporting elements which engage the ground at two points only whereby the plow is adapted to move forwardly with comparatively little effort.

Another object of the invention is to provide a manually-actuated snow plow that parts relatively deep snow, sliding the snow toward opposite sides whereby the plow is adapted to be actuated with a continuous forward movement.

A further object of the invention is to provide an improved manually-actuated snow plow whereby the plow element is mounted on skids in which the plow is of a simple and economical construction.

With these and other objects and advantages in view, the invention embodies a substantially V-shaped plow having runners secured to side walls thereof with rollers positioned between the runners and with a handle secured to the runners and extended upwardly and rearwardly from the plow.

Other features and advantages of the invention will appear from the following description taken in connection with the drawing, wherein:

Figure 1 is a view showing a side elevation of the improved manually-actuated snow plow.

Figure 2 is a view looking upwardly toward the under surface of the snow plow.

Figure 3 is a view looking toward the rear of the snow plow with the parts shown on an enlarged scale, said view being taken on line 3-3 of Figure 1 and showing a section through the handle of the snow plow.

2,732,533 Patented Feb. 26, 1957 Figure 4 is a view similar to that shown in Figure 3 with the handle removed and with the mounting elements of the handle broken away and shown in section.

Referring now to the drawing wherein like reference characters denote corresponding parts, the improved manually-actuated snow plow of this invention includes a plow it having side walls 11 and 12, skids 13 and 14 having arcuate lower surfaces and upwardly extended forward ends 15 and 16, respectively, and a handle 17 connected to the skids with bars 18 and 19.

The snow plow is provided with a point 20 and the forward edges of the side walls meet on a concave or arcuate line whereby, with the sides extended at comparatively small acute angles from a center line extended through the plow, the snow will be readily sliced or parted and a path formed with comparatively little effort.

The point of the plow is reinforced and protected with an angle iron, as indicated by the numeral 21.

The upwardly extended ends 15 and 16 of the skids or runners 13 ,and 14 are secured to the walls 11 and 12, respectively, such as by welding, or with bolts 22 securing the end 15 to the wall 11 and with bolts 23 securing the end 16 to the wall 12.

The runners or skids are secured to the side walls 11 and 12 of the plow in such a manner that lower edges, as indicated by the numeral 24, extend below the lower edges 25 of the walls of the plow whereby the edges 25 are suspended in spaced relation above the ground and the plow is adapted to travel on the arcuate surfaces 24 of the runners.

Rollers 26, rotatably mounted on pins 27, are positioned between the trailing ends of the runners 13 and 14 and when the ground is soft the rollers come in contact with the upper surface preventing the runners sliding into the ground.

The lower ends of the bars 18 and 19 are secured by bolts 28 or by welding to the runners 13 and 14 and the inwardly extended opposite ends of the bars are secured to the sides of the handle 17 by welding or with bolts 29. By this means the handle is rigidly mounted on the runners and the snow plow is adapted to be manually actuated with the handle.

The upper or extended end of the handle is provided with a cross bar 30 that is secured to the upper end of the handle with clip angles 31 and 32 which are secured by welding or with bolts 33 that extend through the handle, the clip angles being secured to the cross bar 30 also by welding or with bolts 34 which, as shown in Figure 2, are mounted in an intermediate portion 35 of the cross bar.

With the parts designed and assembled as shown and described, a snow plow is provided whereby the head or plow portion is suspended in spaced relation above the ground with arcuate skids so that when pushed forwardly with the handle the head or blade portion of the plow slides freely through snow with a slicing action sliding the snow off toward the sides and cleaning a path with a continuous forward movement. The rollers positioned between the skids prevent the plow sinking into soft ground and also facilitate forward movement of the plow, particularly over rough ground.

With the lower edge of the plow suspended above the ground and with the blade provided with arcuate lower edges 36 and 37 and outwardly flared tips 38 and 39 at the upper corners, the snow will have a tendency to slide or roll over with the plow moving forwardly therethrough.

The plow is readily adapted for making paths, such as from a house to a front walk, along a side walk, or to a garage, barn, or chicken house, and is also adapted to be used for making a path for each wheel of a vehicle, such as from a garage to the street or roadway. Furthero more, should an automobile be stuck in the snow paths leading from the wheels may readily be formed so that the vehicle is adapted to be freed in a comparatively short time. 7

It will be understood that modifications. within the scope of the appended claim, may be made in the design and arrangement of the parts without departing from the spirit of the invention.

What is claimed is:

In a manually-actuated snow plow, the combination which comprises blades positioned to form a V with the meeting edges of the blades providing a concave nose, spaced runners having arcuate lower edges and upwardly extended forward ends positioned between the blades,

'bolts passing through said blades and said upwardly ex- -tended ends of the runners for directly securing the upwardly extended ends of the runners to the blades, the

lower surfaces of the runners being extended downwardly below lower edges of the blades, a handle extended rearwardly and upwardly from the blades, a cross bar on the extended end of the handle, bars connected to the opposite end of the handle, bolts passing through said bars and said runners for directly connecting the lower end of the handle to the runners, and rollers extended between and rotatably mounted in said runners.

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